Journal of the 1184th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Address by UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, H.E. Volker Türk. Address by the IOM Senior Regional Adviser for Europe and Central Asia, Mr. Manfred Profazi. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1291 on the extension of the deployment of OSCE observers to two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border (Bulgaria-European Union, interpretative statement 1; Ukraine, interpretative statement 2; United States of America, interpretative statement 3; Russian Federation, interpretative statement 4). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Victory Day, to be celebrated on 9 May 2018. World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on 3 May 2018. The detention and persecution of Mr. A. Gaponenko in Latvia. Educational reform in Ukraine.
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